Jae Crowder is back on the floor and is eager to help the Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks forward Jae Crowder found himself back on the floor since undergoing surgery to repair a left adductor and abdominal tear, and he’s excited to rejoin the team once he’s cleared to do so. Although the veteran is limited to doing individual work, Crowder is confident that he’ll be ready once the eight-week recovery period concludes.

Been a year-long issue

Crowder narrated that he’s been feeling discomfort all year long but has ducking the team’s medical staff in an effort to remain on the floor. After all, the former Marquette stud had been playing well this season, averaging 8.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game in nearly 27 minutes of action per game.

However, a bad fall in Orlando forced Crowder to face the cold, hard truth: he needed to get his injury handled.

“Well, this situation has been going on since camp. I’ve been dealing with this all year and I just felt like I took a wrong fall in Orlando and I was probably like, alright, I need to do something about this and I got an MRI. I was pushing off the medical staff all year about getting an MRI because I felt like I could play with it up until I couldn’t,” Crowder said.

“The MRI showed what it showed and it showed what I felt, which was a partial tear in my groin. So, I wanted to get that handled. Glad I caught it early enough, too. Then I stopped trying to play through it. I had played through it since training camp.”